John Earman
John S. Earman (* 1942 ) is an American philosopher who deals with the philosophy of science and the history of science , especially the philosophy of physics and the theory of relativity .
Earman received his PhD from Princeton University in 1968 . He has taught at UCLA , Rockefeller University and the University of Minnesota and is a professor at the University of Pittsburgh , where he is now retired. He was also President of the Philosophy of Science Association.
Among other things, Earman dealt with questions about determinism , the fundamentals of quantum field theory and the relativistic space-time concept, for example the question of the extent to which the theory excludes time travel. He is a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (1993) and the American Association for the Advancement of Science (1999).
He is on the editorial board of Studies in History and Philosophy of Modern Physics and Physics in Perspective .
Fonts
- A Primer on Determinism , Reidel Publishing Company 1986 (University of Western Ontario Series in the Philosophy of Science 32)
- World Enough and Spacetime: Absolute vs. Relational Theories of Space and Time , MIT Press 1989
- Bayes or Bust: A Critical Examination of Bayesian Confirmation Theory , MIT Press 1992
- Bangs, Crunches, Whimpers and Shrieks: Singularities and Acausalities in Relativistic Spacetimes , Oxford University Press 1995
- Hume's Abject Failure: The Argument Against Miracles , Oxford University Press 2000 (review of Of miracles by David Hume with the essay by Hume and texts by Spinoza, Locke, Clarke and others)
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Book of Members 1780 – present, Chapter E. (PDF; 477 kB) In: American Academy of Arts and Sciences (amacad.org). Retrieved March 16, 2018 .
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| SURNAME | Earman, John |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Earman, John S. |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American philosopher |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1942 |